Improvement in bee-hives



CHARLES EMBREY, OF WILLAMSPORT, MARYLAND.

Letters lfatent No. 108,244, dated October 11, 1870.

The Schedule referred t in these Letters Patent and making part; of the same.

1, CHARLES EMBREY, of Williamsport, in the connty of Washington and State of Maryland, have invented an Improvement in Bce-Hives, of which the i following is a specification.

improved comb-frame; and

Figure 2, a top view of the central portion thereof.

VA A is the combframe, constructed in the usual manner, and which may be rectangular in form, as illustrated, or made with unequal ends or sides, to fit into hives ot' peculiar construction.

B B are two narrow and very thin strips, running from top to bottom ofthe frame, one 011 each side, at right angles to the upper or lower bar thereof. These strips are let into the upper and'iower hars, so as to be i'lush, or nearly so, with 'the outer surface thereof', as illustrated in iig. 2. They serve as clamps to hold pieces of comb that may be inserted between them, dispensing with the necessity of strings, wires, or pins for the purpose. 'lhey serve also, when the frame is empty, as guides in directing vthe bees to build a stra-ight-comb therein, and, when full, as a' support thereto. They'may be removed, itdesired, without injury to the comb, so soon asl the bees attach the comb to the frame, and are so secured to the frame as to admit-also ot' ready detachment in removing the finished comb.

I claim as my invention- Strips B B, extending between the upper and lower bars oi'a comb-frame, A, on each side thereof, to hold between them pieces of comb, and to guide the bees in filling the frame, substantially as herein set fort-h.

Witness my hand to this specification of my improved bee-hive.

Witnesses: CHARLES EMBREY.

THEODORE EMBREY, G. W. ROBINSON. 

